Arizona · Private foundation
Makers Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,943
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Makers Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $26k | 63% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $30k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $33k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $35k | 92% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $90k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Whitehead Foundation | $6,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Dubois County 4-H Council Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Brotherhood Charities | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dubois County Museum Inc | $2,250 | 2 | 1% |
| St Patrick's Celebration Inc | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| Ireland Lions Club | $300 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($212k), not named here.
About Makers Foundation Inc
- How much does Makers Foundation Inc give?
- Makers Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $26,440 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Makers Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (25%), Science & Tech (10%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Makers Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Emily Whitehead Foundation ($7k), Dubois County 4-H Council Inc ($5k), Brotherhood Charities ($5k).
- Does Makers Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Makers Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Makers Foundation Inc based?
- Makers Foundation Inc is based in AZ.
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